{"title":"Taxonomic Revision and List of Cyanobacteria from the Lucayan Archipelago (Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands)","authors":"T. Smith","doi":"10.1615/interjalgae.v25.i3.20","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to document the cyanobacteria from Lucayan Archipelago, and to revise and update nomenclature to reflect current taxonomic understanding for previously documents species. There were 88 species identified in the Bahamas islands and 6 species from the Turks and Caicos Islands. There are a total of 89 species and intraspecific taxa from this archipelago. The dominant order was <i>Nostocales</i> with 23 species (16 <i>Rivulariaceae</i>, 6 <i>Scytonemataceae</i>, and only 1 <i>Aphanizomenonaceae</i>). <i>Oscillatoriales</i> (45 <i>Microcoleaceae</i> and 5 <i>Oscillatoriaceae</i>) was the second most abundant order with 22 species. <i>Chroococcales</i> was the third most abundant order with 20 species (8 <i>Microcystaceae</i>, 6 <i>Pleurocapsaceae</i>, 4 <i>Chroococcaceae</i>, and <i>Gomphosphaeriaceae</i> and <i>Cyanothrichaceae</i> only had one species each). <i>Leptolyngbyales</i> was the fourth most abundant order with 13 species (8 <i>Trichocoleusaceae</i> and 5 <i>Leptolyngbyceae</i>). <i>Coleofasciculales</i> had 4 species (4 <i>Coleofasciculaceae</i>), 2 <i>Chroococcidiopsidales</i>, 2 <i>Spirulinales</i> and three orders (<i>Desertifilales, Pleurocapsales</i>, and <i>Pseudanabaenales</i>) only had one species each.","PeriodicalId":39315,"journal":{"name":"International Journal on Algae","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal on Algae","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1615/interjalgae.v25.i3.20","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The purpose of this study is to document the cyanobacteria from Lucayan Archipelago, and to revise and update nomenclature to reflect current taxonomic understanding for previously documents species. There were 88 species identified in the Bahamas islands and 6 species from the Turks and Caicos Islands. There are a total of 89 species and intraspecific taxa from this archipelago. The dominant order was Nostocales with 23 species (16 Rivulariaceae, 6 Scytonemataceae, and only 1 Aphanizomenonaceae). Oscillatoriales (45 Microcoleaceae and 5 Oscillatoriaceae) was the second most abundant order with 22 species. Chroococcales was the third most abundant order with 20 species (8 Microcystaceae, 6 Pleurocapsaceae, 4 Chroococcaceae, and Gomphosphaeriaceae and Cyanothrichaceae only had one species each). Leptolyngbyales was the fourth most abundant order with 13 species (8 Trichocoleusaceae and 5 Leptolyngbyceae). Coleofasciculales had 4 species (4 Coleofasciculaceae), 2 Chroococcidiopsidales, 2 Spirulinales and three orders (Desertifilales, Pleurocapsales, and Pseudanabaenales) only had one species each.
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The algae are heterogeneous assemblage of phytosynthetic organisms, one of the most vast and diverse groups of ancient photoautotrophic pro- and eukaryotic organisms (about 30 000 known species). They are micro- and macroscopic, unicellular, colonial, or multicellular, mobile and immobile, attached and free-living. Algae are widespread in water and soil habitats, at different geographic latitudes, and on all continents. They occur in waters with different degrees of salinity, trophicity, organic matter, and hydrogen ions, and at various temperatures. They include planktonic, periphytonic and benthic organisms. Algae are unique model organisms in evolutionary biology and also are used in various genetic, physiological, biochemical, cytological, and other investigations.